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New Published Works Page

Blog Update!

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 4, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction, poetry, ProseTags:blog, Flash Fiction, poetry, published works, publishing, update

You Must Wash Your Hands Until They Bleed

A poem written under quarantine.
My husband, unfortunately,
has Covid-19.

Posted byJennifer PatinoDecember 13, 2020December 14, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:covid 19, pandemic, poem, poet, poetry, poetry communityl, poets, quarantine, writer, writers, writing community45 Comments on You Must Wash Your Hands Until They Bleed

Winter Girl

They say the sky
is thinner from that high

Posted byJennifer PatinoDecember 1, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:december, poems, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Thanksgiving Eve: A Poem

my blood can’t handle
any more apologies, insistence
on the right to celebrate
genocide…

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:indigenous, native american, native american heritage month, ojibwe, pandemic, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, thanksgiving, writer, writers, writing, writing community2 Comments on Thanksgiving Eve: A Poem

Olivia

At first sight,
a pale baby bird

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 23, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:olivia benson, poem, poetry, poetry community, svu, tv, writing, writing community

She’s Cosmic, Consistent

I think of loneliness
& laser beam precision

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 17, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Poem — “Open”

Remember winter, Madonna’s
Immaculate Collection album,
Megaman III, a false sense of
innocent security

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 12, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:memory, nostalgia, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poets, winter, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Valued: A Poem

in their eyes we are worth
what we can do for them

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 5, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, value, writer, writers, writing, writing community

Happy Halloween!

Update + a Spooky Poem

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 31, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:family, halloween, happy halloween, nightmare, personal, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poets, spooky, update, writers, writing, writing community

#OctPoWriMo Day 22

the tide that took
you away had a
street name

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 22, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:october poetry writing month, octpowrimo, poem, poems, poet, poetry, poetry community, poetry writing month, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community

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